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For Season 2 of The Mainstream Podcast, Remel London had some incredible special guests from the world of TV, Radio, Music, Film, Comedy and more. In this season finale, The Mainstream guests discuss finding creative opportunities, Creating content, the benefits of a uni degree, being a woman, being Black and starting a family in the creative industry and more. 0:28 Femi Oyeniran - No journey is the same 2:29 The cast of Pru - Finding acting opportunities 9:48 Dev Griffin - What is your USP?1 15:13 Kiell Smith - Bynoe - Creating Content 19:23 Nathan Bryon - Create your own sh*t! 22:56 KG Tha Comedian - Shadrack and the mandem 27:06 Sian Anderson - Grime Bloggers 29:01 Tinea Taylor - Is Uni needed? 30:02 Femi Oyeniran - Uni vs Acting 33:54 Nenda Neururer - Representation matters 36:33 Sian Anderson - The Super working mum 37:33 Tinea Taylor - Are agents needed? 39:42 Kiell Smith Bynoe - Junior Spesh 46:10 Dev Griffin - GFC with Reggie Yates Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she chats with a Queen of radio, TV presenter and International DJ Tinea Taylor. Tinea breaks down her hustle mentality which has helped her make her mark in the Mainstream, as she describes her journey from street vox pops at university to online success with Drop Out UK, earning a top spot on KISS FM and keeping us up to date with all of the music news around the world on MTV. Tinea's experience and knowledge is down to her persistence, keeness to never stop learning and positive outlook on life. You'll definitely be inspired as she gives us her top 5 tips on how to make it in the mainstream as a Black British broadcaster. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she sits down with the award-winning Actor and filmmaker Femi Oyeniran. Femi has worked as an actor, writer, producer, director, podcaster and advocate for Black British Culture since he first burst onto our screens in the Black British Classic Film Kidulthood. Since then his career has gone from strength to strength as an innovator pushing the culture through entertainment, TV and Film. In this episode, he discusses his break into the mainstream as an actor, deciding to complete his degree at the London School of Economics before continuing his acting career, his vision for the Black British Entertainment industry and of course his top 5 tips to make it in #TheMainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she sits down with Media Mogul, DJ and Broadcaster Sian Anderson! Sian talks us through her journey as a writer, journalist, PR and Marketing Exec to Broadcaster, after falling into the majority of her roles, but allowing her passion and dedication to allow her to be one of the most sought after representatives of UK music, particularly for her in depth grime knowledge as well as paying particular attention to getting things done! Sian gives us her Top 5 tips to make it in the mainstream as well as an insight into being an incredible broadcaster on BBC Radio 1XTRA and beyond, an entrepreneur but most importantly a dedicated mother! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she sits down with Actor and Author Extraordinaire Nathan Bryon. Nathan talks us through his theatre background which opened up the doors for roles in BBC Three's Benidorm and ITV's Benidorm, getting his big break in TV writing for CBBC's Rasta Mouse, which has progressed to his success as a best selling children's author, with the number 1 picture book from a debut author and illustrator in 2019,as well as Waterstones Children’s book prize in 2020. Nathan keeps it's 100 talking us through his experience of paying taxes, creating his own content, getting huge commissions for SKY, Disney + and beyond as well as his top 5 tips to make it in The Mainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she sits down with the cast of BBC Three's latest comedy series PRU. Jaye Ersavas, Michael 'MBbants' Boahen, Nkechi Simms & Pia Somersby all star in the incredible series that dives into a pupil referral unit, as the troubled teens all learn to get along. The cast discuss the moment the pilot got the go ahead for a series, new character sienna played by Top Boy's Nkechi joining the cast, the chemistry and find behind the scenes and of course, their top tips to make it in #TheMainstream. PRU is out from 26th May at 10 pm on BBC Three and the full boxset available on BBC Iplayer! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she chats with one of the hardest working comedy actors in the game, actor & writer - Kiell Smith-Bynoe! From theatre group to drama school and then youtube to prime time TV, Kiell takes us through the journey of how he secured a spot on the Bafta award-winning British Comedy Stath Lets Flats, after losing his full-time job in the call centre and now get's ready for his fourth series as the lead character in BBC One’s Ghosts! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she chats to rising star Nenda Neururer as she stars in SKY TV's supernatural murder mystery series The Rising. Nenda discusses the lack of creative opprtunities in her home of the Austrian Alps, which inspired her to move to London to study at Rose Bruford Drama School, how she landed a leading role in the SKY series, the importance of representation for women of colour in both TV and Music and her top tips to make it in #TheMainstream. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream. All episodes of The Rising are now available on Sky Max and streaming service NOW.

Join Remel London for a special edition of The Mainstream podcast Live from Boxpoark Croydon with special guests TV & radio presenters AJ King, Nayha, Jacqueline Shepherd and comedian, actor & presenter KG. In this live discussion, the special guests discuss their journey into #TheMainstream, perseverance through the years, landing their first jobs as broadcasters and more. Follow @TheMainstreamUK for more updates on The Mainstream.

Join Remel London as she sits downs with Broadcaster, DJ and actor Dev Griffin. From Drama club to CBBC and eventually broadcasting on the airwaves across the nation for the last 20 years. Dev's passion for music and down to earth ability to help us kick start our mornings has proved that being your authentic self and loving what you do will help you carve out such a legendary career like his. Find out how he launched his career as well as his top 5 tips to make it in #TheMainstream. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London for a special edition of The Mainstream podcast Live from Boxpoark Croydon with special guests Model / TV / Radio Presenter Annaliese Dayes, TV/ Radio Presenter and founder of How to Kill an Hour Marcus Bronzy, Voice Over Artist & Founder of 4C Voices Sefa Nyki and TV / Radio Presenter Will Njobju. In this live discussion, the special guests discuss their journey into #TheMainstream, should you study broadcasting, how to pitch content to brands, navigating social media, having an agent and more! Follow @TheMainstreamUK for more updates on The Mainstream.

Join Remel London as she chats with stand-up comedian, actor and radio presenter Travis Jay! Ahead of his one man / Headline Show at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Travis discusses his journey into the mainstream following in the footsteps of his mum UK comedy queen Angie Lemar, learning how to be a fearless Comedian after receiving advice and touring with one of the world’s comedy Goat’s Dave Chappelle, growing as a comedian at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and across the UK with Britain’s got talent golden buzzer comedian Kojo and gives his top 5 tips to make it in #TheMainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she catches up with the Peabody award-winning podcast host and spoken word artist George The Poet. George discusses the start of his spoken word career which took the place of his early rap year, they reminisce on some of the poignant moments in his career that launched him into the Mainstream. He speaks highly of his friendship with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Harry and Meghan as well as discussing the production values of his award winning podcast. And of course to top it off he gives us his top 5 tips to make it in the mainstream as a spoken word artist! This episode was recorded exclusively at The PUMA Suede studio in London. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she catches up with Comedian, writer, actor and Presenter Dane Baptiste. Dane's comedy career has not only dominated the stage but also the screen with his comical genius! From stealing the show as a best newcomer nominee at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2014 to becoming a regular panellist on all of your fave tv comedy shows from Mock the week to 8 out of 10 cats does countdown and even hosting Live at the apollo. He’s now ready to take over 2021 with a tour and his brand new comedy entertainment show that he has executely produced for the BBC Bamous, he explains how he plans to bring through more Black British talent and gives his Top 5 tips on how to make it in the mainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London for a special 2 part New York City Edition of #TheMainstream podcast as she catches up with content creator and executive producer of the world-famous online talk show and panel show The Grapevine Donovan Thompson. For the last 4 years they’ve produced shows that discuss politics, address social issues and cover music and entertainment news with some of your favourite influencers and creatives. Donovan talks us through how he helped launch the platform with the founder Ashley Akunna, discusses representation on screen, taking The Grapevine around the world and gives us his top tips to make it in #TheMainstream. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London for a special 2 part New York City Edition of #TheMainstream podcast as she catches up with TV Host and Lifestyle Reporter Brittany Jones-Cooper. Brittany is one of New Yorks Hottest new presenters dominating celebrity and lifestyle interviews for Build Series NYC. From Volunteer to seasoned professional with guests such as Gabrielle Union, Jada Pinkett Smith, Issa Rae, Tyra Banks, Taraji P Henderson to name a few Brittany is proving why she deserves a seat at the table, playing by her own rules and expresses the importance of uplifting other Black Women in her Top tips for #TheMainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Twitter and Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Remel London speaks to first-time actors Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali about their leading roles in the new film 'Rocks'. The girls talk about their unique route into the Mainstream by participating in acting workshops, which turned into improvised scenes for the film, they share their goals of representing young Black British women through films and give their top tips to make it in #TheMainstream. ROCKS is released in cinemas on 18 September in the UK and Ireland. Watch the full interview on @Remel_London IGTV and follow @TheMainstreamUK for more updates on #TheMainstream.

For the season finale of The Mainstream podcast, Remel London shared her story and journey into the mainstream as a TV, Radio Presenter, live events host, content creator and the founder of The Mainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream

Join Remel London as she speaks to the talented cast of the hit BBC Three Comedy sketch show FAMALAM as they prepare us for Season 3 Coming Soon! Tom Moutchi, Gbemisola Ikumelo & Danielle Vitalis talk us through their time on set, the success of the series and share their journeys as actors and their top tips to make it in #TheMainstream. Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.

Join Remel London as she speaks with Radio 1, Top of the Pops, Glastonbury, Brit Awards, BAFTA TV, Radio broadcaster and Host Clara Amfo. Clara talks us through how she got her foot in the door as an intern to radio host, making the move from KISS to the BBC, her interview skills, Meeting Oprah, her powerful radio 1 speech and of course gives us her top tips on how to make it in the mainstream! Follow @TheMainstreamUK & @Remel_London on Instagram for more updates on #TheMainstream.